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Vojtech Jasný’s film – ALL MY GOOD COUNTRYMEN – out on dvd

posted 18 Jan 2016, 11:54 by Julian Whiting

ALL MY GOOD COUNTRYMEN (15) 1969 CZECHOSLOVAKIA JASNÝ, VOJTECH £12.99

Cannes award winning film set among the interwoven lives of Moravian villagersfollowing the 1948 socialization of Czechoslovakia. Director Vojtech Jasný is seen as the spiritual father of the Czech New Wave and the film was banned in Czechoslovakia after theSoviet invasion.

The influence of All my Good Countrymen can be seen in Edgar Reitz’s Heimat and Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon.